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What argument? I don't see an argument, I just see [deleted]. If you mean this... This is why I think strict materialism on consciousness is misguided. Pe
by krapp 2y ago
What argument? I don't see an argument, I just see [deleted].
If you mean this...
This is why I think strict materialism on consciousness is misguided. People like to think "weve cracked everything scientifically, from quantum physics to neuroscience, so even if we don't have a good explanation for consciousness now, we'll get there." Except the reality is macroscopic neuroscientific findings are incredibly coarse and with many caveats and uncertainties, statements more like "this area of the brain is associated with X" than "this area of the brain causes X." It's not just optimistic - its qualitatively unjustified to think that neuroscience (in its current form, at least) is inevitably capable of cracking consciousness.
Many STEM people hate this because they want to axiomatically believe materialist science can reach everything, despite the evidence to the contrary. shrug
... that wasn't an argument, it was a loosely formed set of vague and unsubstantiated claims. The fact that you immediately deleted it and started insulting anyone who responded to you kind of proves my point. I'm sorry I wasted my time on you, won't happen again.
- smokedetector1 2y ago[flagged]
- dcow 2y agoI was going to help support your argument, but I can’t because you started throwing a fit and deleted everything. My 18-month has calmer manners. You can actually delete your comment (instead of editing to [deleted]) and it kills the entire thread, you know.
- HumanOstrich 2y agoI think once your comment has at least one reply, you can no longer outright delete it.
- HumanOstrich 2y ago[deleted] ¯\_(ツ)_/¯